dhṛtarāṣṭra-uvācha :
dharma-kṣetre kuru-kṣetre
samavetā yuyutsavaḥ
māmakāḥ pāṇḍavāśhchaiva
kimakurvata sañjaya
Meaning :
Dhṛtarāṣṭra said : Sanjaya, Being gathered on the Soil of sacred Kurukshetra, eager to fight, What did my Sons and Pandu's sons do?
Comment :
Dhrtarastra was the Kuru King and the Father of Kauravas. He was born blind and required the help of Sanjaya, his charioteer & advisor to explain the events that took place on the Battlefront. Sanjaya obtained a boon to see the events of the battle from any place as he wishes, from Krishna Dwaipayana Veda vyasa.
In this shloka, we could see that Dhrtarastra was keen about the events of the Battle, even though the Kauravas outnumbered the Pandavas in terms of the number of soldiers fighting for them. He had a reasonable doubt about the outcome of the battle, as he knew that the consequences of problems that were made against the Pandavas, by his sons and uncles, was defeat. We would also see that this is the only dialogue of Dhrtarastra in whole of Bhagavad Gita.
This conversation marks an important point to the readers that, we should always keep a check on our surroundings & also have knowledge about our strengths & weaknesses. However, even if you are outnumbered in terms of strengths, put it to wrong use & you might end up failing miserably.
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